As
Tabu-starrer
Madhur
Bhandarkar
completed
twenty
glorious
years,
filmmaker
Madhur
Bhandarkar
opened
up
about
how
peopled
had
misconceptions
about
the
film.
When
asked
if
he
ever
felt
that
Chandni
Bar
was
a
risky
gamble
at
that
time,
he
said
that
it
was
very
risky,
because
people
even
had
a
problem
with
the
title
of
the
film.
While
speaking
to
Times
Of
India,
Madhur
said,
"Many
thought
it
was
very
cheap,
and
a
B-grade
title.
I
researched
the
film
for
about
six
months.
When
I
approached
producers
for
it,
they
wanted
me
to
put
some
item
numbers
in
the
film,
which
I
didn't
want
to.
My
first
film
did
not
work,
so
there
was
a
lot
of
pressure
on
me,
but
I
was
hell-bent
on
making
the
film
the
way
I
wanted
to."
Apparently,
the
film
was
made
on
the
budget
of
Rs
1.5
crore.
Speaking
about
the
same,
Madhur
said
laughingly,
"I
made
the
movie
on
a
very
small
budget.
So
much
so,
that
I
once
jokingly
told
Kareena
that
I
had
made
Chandni
Bar
on
a
budget
that
was
smaller
than
what
I
spent
on
her
clothes
in
Heroine."
Speaking
about
his
achievements,
Madhur
said
that
he
has
been
successful
in
creating
a
genre
for
his
cinemas.
He
is
well-aware
that
people
call
him
a
topical,
realistic
and
a
hard-hitting
filmmaker,
and
he
feels
happy
about
it.
"I
am
thankful
to
everyone
who
has
been
a
part
of
them,
especially
my
audience,
who
has
always
been
with
me
and
encouraged
me.
I
have
done
about
15
films
in
the
last
20
years
and
those
have
been
the
films
that
I
wanted
to
make.
I
have
taken
my
time
to
make
my
movies
and
not
succumbed
to
the
pressure
of
coming
up
with
a
film
every
year.
Whatever
my
career
has
been
so
far,
Chandni
Bar
has
been
a
stepping
stone
for
me,"
concluded
Bhandarkar.